| Literature DB >> 2636890 |
K Morita1, S Ono, M Fukunaga, T Yasuda, Y Higashi, A Terao, R Morita.
Abstract
We present two cases with mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes (MELAS), which showed both increased and decreased accumulation of N-isopropyl-p-(123I)-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The increased accumulation of the tracer occurred, before low density appeared on conventional computed tomography, suggesting that 123I-IMP SPECT may be useful in pathophysiological study of MELAS.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2636890 DOI: 10.1007/bf00344185
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroradiology ISSN: 0028-3940 Impact factor: 2.804